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FOSTER v. HAMPTON

No. 59768.

352 So.2d 197 (1977)

Edwin E. FOSTER, Jr. v. Joseph M. HAMPTON et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Connelly, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-applicant.

David W. Robinson, Trial Atty., Watson, Blanche, Wilson & Posner, Paul Marks, Jr., Dale, Owen, Richardson, Taylor & Mathews, William H. Cooper, Jr., Beychok, Cooper & Pierson, Joseph F. Keogh, Parish Atty., Charles E. Pilcher, Asst. Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for defendants-respondents.

DIXON, Justice.

This case involves the liability of a sheriff for the tortious acts of his deputies, and the liability of the parish where the sheriff's department is located.

Edwin E. Foster, Jr. filed a petition for damages alleging he was injured when Deputy Sheriff Joseph M. Hampton, driving an East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Department vehicle and while acting in his official capacity, struck Foster's motorcycle while Hampton was making an illegal left turn...

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